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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces that she will step down and will be succeeded by chief product officer Neal Mohan.
2023-02-16

YouTube blocks all accounts associated with Russian state-funded media outlets for violation of YouTube's policy of denialism or trivialisation of well-documented violent events.
2022-03-11

YouTube announces that it has temporarily suspended U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for violating its policies about promoting unproven alternative therapies to treat COVID-19.
2021-06-11

"Baby Shark Dance", produced by Pinkfong, surpasses "Despacito" as the most-viewed video on YouTube.
2020-11-2

The official music video for BTS' Dynamite breaks the all-time record on YouTube for the highest number of views on a single video in 24 hours, generating 101,100,000 views in its first 24 hours.
2020-08-21

Google shuts down 2,500 channels on its video sharing platform YouTube that were linked to Chinese disinformation. The channels generally posted "spammy, non-political content", but a small subset touched on politics, the company said.
2020-08-5

Scottish YouTuber Mark "Count Dankula" Meechan is fined £800 for a racially aggravated offence under the Communications Act for a video of a pug dog responding to Nazi slogans. Protests are held outside Airdrie Sheriff Court and English Defence League ex-leader Tommy Robinson sits in court to support Meechan.
2018-04-23

YouTube removes thousands of child abuse videos related to Elsagate.
2017-11-28

Sony releases the film "The Interview" online via YouTube and Google Play.
2014-12-24

Lady Gaga breaks a YouTube most viewed record, becoming "Queen of YouTube" with more than one billion views.
2010-04-16